October 24th, 2024

From Google Maps, you can see from above:
our streets, neighborhoods, parks, shopping
centers, and institutions. We can see how
our economy operates, when people wake up,
how often there's traffic, where people are
highly concentrated, and the places they
spend their money. These views reveal
patterns for prediction and special zonings
for quality. From either residential, commercial,
or industrial, the average day for the
majority of people is mapped.

If you wish to change your world, you must
change your environment. The most difficult
thing for people in the future will be facing
each other and doing what needs to be done.
What are most people doing these days?
Working for something? Sitting in front
of a screen? Dreaming of something better?
While our eyes watch the world around us,
we may just be losing time to develop our
minds, to develop our bodies, to be the
best versions of ourselves—not for us,
but for others.

How long does the average citizen spend in
traffic these days? What about shopping?
What about engaging with family members
or getting to know the leaders of their
community? Our schools, our police, our
culture? How do you really know what's
going on behind their eyes? Life has
become routine enough to turn a day
into a week and a week into a month.

Being from Florida, it's obvious everyone's
hustling—to pay bills, to fit into a culture,
to keep up with everything around them.
And yet, one can begin to realize that
these routines are destined for something
they don't see. Their environment is breeding
similar outcomes, and everyone is asking:
why can't we change? Why can't our homes
be a better place for? What does it mean to
be "American" today?

American is most of us—the working class,
the family-oriented, the pursuit of growth.
Anything else begins to define the cultures
behind being American: Southern American,
African American, European American,
Latin American, Indian American, Israeli
American, Asian American, Arabian
American. If the common American citizen
is no longer obvious, what are we truly
losing? Our "family" values?
Our definition of "work"?

From Florida With Love